The read
It runs a compact 50m.
Synopsis
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Key crew
- James YoungDirector
- Winthrop AmesWriter
- James YoungWriter
Cast
- Marie DoroOliver Twist
- Edythe ChapmanMrs. Brownlow
- Tully MarshallFagin
- Raymond HattonThe Artful Dodger
- Hobart BosworthBill Sykes
- James NeillMr. Brownlow
- Elsie Jane WilsonNancy
- Harry L. RattenberryMr. Bumble
- Carl StockdaleMonks
- W.S. Van DykeCharles Dickens
Themes
silent film